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| 1/4 Crop Update | "Know the Sulfur Content of Your Diesel Fuel" from the desk of Andy Muza... by Dennis Buffington, Dept. of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Penn State University; "2007 Farm Business Resolutions" by Barry Shaffer; "Cornell Announces Site For New Lake Erie Grape Research and Extension Facility" by Hans Walter-Peterson |
| 1/11 Crop Update | "A Different Way To Analyze Your Current
Debt" by Barry Shaffer; "What Can You Get For $55 These Days?" by Hans Walter-Peterson |
| 1/18 Crop Update | "Tiling Vineyards Is Also A Risk Management Strategy!" by Barry Shaffer |
| 1/25 Crop Update | "Lower Yielding (<5.5 t/a) Vineyards Can
Still Be In A Profitable Operation" by Barry Shaffer; "Information on grape imports at Viticulture 2007" by Hans Walter-Peterson |
| 2/1 Crop Update | "Viticulture leader promotes better science for better grapes; wins Excellence in IPM Award by Mary M. Woodsen, Science Writer, NYS IPM Program " by Tim Weigle; "Niagara Bud Damage" by Hans Walter-Peterson |
| 2/15 Crop Update | "Concord Day at Viticulture 2007 Highlights " by Barry Shaffer |
| 2/22 Crop Update | "Want to Know Your Cost of Production? Join
the LEGFCS!" by Barry Shaffer; "NY Ag Statistics Releases Grape Crop Reports" by Hans Walter-Peterson |
| 3/1 Crop Update | ""Two in Ten" Rule" by Barry Shaffer; "Federal immigration officials" by Hans Walter-Peterson |
| 3/8 Crop Update | "Topsin Labeled for Pruning Wound Application for Eutypa Control - From Dr. Wayne Wilcox, NYSAES", "2007 Trac Software is Available!" by Tim Weigle; "Can We Expect a Large Concord Crop in 2007?" by Barry Shaffer |
| 3/15 Crop Update | "Check Your Current Ratio If You Are Under
Financial Pressure!" by Barry Shaffer; "Nitrogen Costs Necessitate Efficiency" by Hans Walter-Peterson |
| 3/22 Crop Update | "Manley Anderson" by Hans Walter-Peterson |
| 3/29 Crop Update | "Spray Smarter With Your Kinkelder"
by Tim
Weigle; "Tips for Getting the Most Bang for the Buck with Your Chemical and Fertilizer Dollars" by Barry Shaffer |
| 4/5 Crop Update | "Another Cold Snap and Labor Difficulties" by Hans Walter-Peterson |
| 4/19 Crop Update | "Seven Warning Signs You Can't Ignore" by Barry Shaffer |
| 5/3 Crop Update | "Climbing Cutworm and Steely Beetle" by Tim Weigle; "Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) or AGR-Lite Crop Insurance Hiccups and Fuel Costs Rival Crop Chemical Costs!" by Barry Shaffer; "Current Phenology and Moving On..." by Hans Walter-Peterson |
| 5/10 Crop Update | New York Agriculture Documentary to Air Statewide
on PBS during May & June; "Pest Management..." by Tim
Weigle; "Budbreak" by Hans Walter-Peterson |
| 5/17 Crop Update | ANNOUNCEMENT FROM BARRY SHAFFER: Chautauqua Works 2007 Summer Youth Work Experience Program; New York Agriculture Documentary to Air Statewide on PBS during May & June; "Current Situation Regarding Chemical Sucker Control and Vineyard Weed Management" by Rick Dunst, Research Support Specialist, Fredonia Vineyard Lab |
| 5/24 Crop Update | "Frost Damage? and Last Day..." by Hans Walter-Peterson |
| 5/31 Crop Update | "On-line Grape Guidelines; Insects" by Tim Weigle; "Cracks in the Food Supply?" by Barry Shaffer |
| 6/7 Crop Update | "What is That?" by Tim Weigle; "What is the Top Management Priority This Week? Prebloom Fungicide Spray!" by Barry Shaffer |
| 6/14 Crop Update | "Insects, Weeds, Diseases" by Tim Weigle; "In the Vineyard" by Andy Muza |
| 6/21 Crop Update | "June 19th Precipitation Fends Off Vine
Water Stress... For the short term." by Dr.
Terry Bates; "In the Vineyard" by Andy Muza |
| 6/28 Crop Update | "Weed of the Week" by Tim Weigle; and "In the Vineyard" by Andy Muza |
| 7/5 Crop Update | "In the Vineyard" by Andy Muza and "DO YOU KNOW A GOOD VITICULTURALIST?" by Tim Weigle |
| 7/12 Crop Update | "Statewide Viticulture and Enology Newsletter" by Tim Weigle and "In the Vineyard" by Andy Muza |
| 7/13 IPM UPDATE | "Japanese Beetle, Steely Beetle and Grape Rootworm" by Tim Weigle |
| 7/19 Crop Update | "How Many Is Too Many?" and "Hail Damage" by Tim Weigle; and "In the Vineyard" by Andy Muza |
| 7/26 Crop Update | "Grape Berry Moth" by Tim Weigle; and "In the Vineyard" by Andy Muza |
| 8/2 Crop Update | "What's In Your Vineyard?" and "Black
Rot, Grape Berry Moth and Japanese Beetle" by Tim
Weigle; "In the Vineyard" by Andy Muza |
| 8/9 Crop Update | Upcoming Events Reminders; ANNOUNCEMENT: Free Vaccines are available for migrant and seasonal farmworkers, in New York State, over 19 years of age and their adult family members. |
| 8/16 Crop Update | "Thrips, Japanese beetle, GBM, Black rot" by Tim Weigle; "From the Desk of Andy Muza - Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), Jody Lasko, District Conservationist, USDA-NRCS" by Andy Muza |
| 8/23 Crop Update | "In the Vineyard" and "From the Desk of Andy Muza - Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), Jody Lasko, District Conservationist, USDA-NRCS" by Andy Muza |
| 8/30 Crop Update | "Male grape berry moth pheromone trap catches", "Dr. Jodi Creasap Joins Cornell and Cooperative Extension as Viticulture Extension Educator with the Lake Erie Regional Grape Program" by Tim Weigle; "In the Vineyard" by Andy Muza |
| 9/6 Crop Update | "Concord Update 9-5-2007 by Dr. Terry Bates, Cornell Vineyard Laboratory"; and "The NYS Agricultural Experiment Station celebrates 125 years with an Open House on September 15" |
| 9/13 Crop Update | "Concord Update 9-12-2007 by Dr. Terry Bates, Cornell Vineyard Laboratory"; "Grape berry moth damage, etc." by Tim Weigle |
| 9/20 Crop Update | "Concord Update 9-19-2007 by Dr. Terry Bates, Cornell Vineyard Laboratory" |
| 9/27 Crop Update | "Grape berry moth damage, weed management" by Tim Weigle |
| 10/4 Crop Update | "Harvest Time in Concord Country… The Grape Taste That’s Great for Your Health: Concord Grape Juice"; "Concord Update 10-4-2007 by Dr. Terry Bates, Cornell Vineyard Laboratory" |
| 10/11 Crop Update | "ANNOUNCEMENT: NRCS Announces 2008 Sign-up for Conservation Assistance September 19, 2007, Syracuse, NY"; "Multicolored Asian Ladybeetle (MALB)" by Tim Weigle |
| 10/18 Crop Update | "CENSUS GIVES FARMERS A VOICE IN THEIR FUTURE, 2007 Census of Agriculture Coming Soon"; "MALB, New York and Pennsylvania Pest Management Guidelines for Grapes, Do You Have a Unique Way of Doing Things in the Vineyard or the Winery?, and Are You Planting A Vineyard, Planning a Winery?" by Tim Weigle |
| 10/25 Crop Update | "The Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory Groundbreaking Invitation" - "Emergency Loans Available for Farmers Due to Drought and Hail in 2007" - "ANNOUNCEMENT!!! From the desk of Imed Dami - release of a new book titled Winter Injury to Grapevines and Methods of Protection"; "New York and Pennsylvania Pest Management Guidelines for Grapes and other topics" by Tim Weigle; "In the Vineyard" by Andy Muza |
| 11/1 Crop Update | "Dr. Andrew Landers wins a 2007 CALS Research and Extension Award" - "USDA REMINDS FARMERS OF CROP DISASTER PROGRAM SIGN-UP"; and "In the Vineyard" by Andy Muza |
| 11/8 Crop Update | "Groundbreaking Points to Future of Lake Erie Grape Industry" - "Grape Cultural Practices" by Jodi Creasap; and "In the Vineyard" by Andy Muza |
| 11/15 Crop Update | "One-day workshop with USDA ARS Scientists" |
| 11/21 Crop Update | "One-day workshop with USDA ARS Scientists" and "Interviews Scheduled for Enology Extension Associate - You are invited to participate" |
| 11/29 Crop Update | "One-day workshop with USDA ARS Scientists" and "Interviews Scheduled for Enology Extension Associate - You are invited to participate" |
| 12/6 Crop Update | "Interviews Scheduled for Enology Extension Associate - You are invited to participate" and Coffee Pot Meetings begin WEDNESDAY, January 16, 2008! |
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